Nepal: Bus carrying college students falls into gorge, 23 killed
What's the story
A bus carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a ravine in Nepal, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others. The fatal crash occurred yesterday when the bus was returning from Kapurkot in Salyan district. Fourteen persons, including five women, were injured in the incident. Here are more details.
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Students, along with teachers, were returning from a field trip
There were 37 persons - 34 students, two teachers, and driver - on the ill-fated bus, which drove off the road and fell some 700 meters down near Ramri village, about 400 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu, said police. The students and instructors from Krishna Sen Ichhuk Polytechnic Institute had been visiting a farm for their botany project, The Kathmandu Post reported.